July 27, 2021 | CN, Headlines, STB
(Source: U.S. House of Representatives Transportation & Infrastructure Committee press release, July 26, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) sent a letter to the Surface...
July 26, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 23, 2021) Surface Transportation Board (STB) Chairman Martin Oberman yesterday sent a letter to all Class Is expressing his concern over persistent problems with congestion in the international intermodal supply chain and...
July 13, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 12, 2021) Freight- and passenger-rail industry officials have offered mixed reactions to President Joe Biden’s new executive order (EO) on economic competition, which calls on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to...
July 12, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 12, 2021) Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman said in a prepared statement that he welcomes “the nationwide policy” and “joins the concerns” outlined in the executive order on competition...
July 9, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, July 8, 2021) NEW YORK — President Biden on July 9 will sign an Executive Order directing federal regulators to “confront consolidation and perceived anticompetitive pricing” in the railroad and ocean shipping industries, among many others, “as...
July 1, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 30, 2021) CN and Kansas City Southern yesterday announced that the Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) comment period regarding the companies’ application for a voting-trust approval has closed. Full story: Progressive...
June 29, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Canadian Press, June 28, 2021) OTTAWA — Canada’s two largest railways remain at loggerheads about the first major U.S. railway acquisition in more than 20 years as the deadline for public comments about CN’s voting trust for Kansas City Southern...
June 25, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Railway Age, June 25, 2021) NEW YORK — The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has updated its Rail Heritage Map. The map provides the locations of 1,596 rail-related structures, buildings and sites listed on the National...
June 24, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: The Times, June 23, 2021) GARY, Ind. — CN, which operates Kirk Yard in Gary and maintains rail lines across the Region, is seeking federal approval for its $33.6 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern that would let it ship goods all across North...
June 24, 2021 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 23, 2021) Class Is employed 115,508 workers in mid-May, a 0.02% increase from April’s level but down 2.84% year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. Four of six employment categories logged increases...
